A refractor will have a reflective rainbow effect when light is shined on them. They refract the light and give you a full color rainbow reflection, whereas the non-refractors will just reflect the light and not give the rainbow effect. The easiest way to be 100% certain is to find either a known refractor or known non-refractor and compare them to your cards. The difference is usually pretty easy to see.

I just look for the word "REFRACTOR". Sometimes it is hard for me to tell by looking at single cards.

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i bought a 2011 freddy freeman bowman chrome refractor but on the back there is nothing saying refractor or r?
its a refractor it have the rainbow look when the light hits it, did they forget to put refractor on the back of the card?

(05-30-2012 08:18 PM)Ajtanner88 Wrote: i bought a 2011 freddy freeman bowman chrome refractor but on the back there is nothing saying refractor or r?
its a refractor it have the rainbow look when the light hits it, did they forget to put refractor on the back of the card?

for whatever reason they didnt put refractor on the back on some of the recent sets. it is sometimes tough for me to tell without the right lighting

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